Rodri occurred another injury during the Manchester City campaign at the club World Cup and now his future has been questioned after new reports
Manchester City will be without Rodri at the start of the Premier League season – and can run the risk of losing their most important midfielder completely.
City was forced to play almost the entire campaign of 2024/25 without Rodri after torn his ACL in September. The Spanish midfielder returned from an injury in the summer and played five times before he suffered an injury at the Club World Cup.
In the last 16 of the competition at the beginning of July, Rodri was forced by Al-Hilal with a lies problem in the 4-3 defeat with a groin problem. And City ensures that he does not bring him back, given his injury history, in which Pep Guardiola explains that he is only fully fit in September.
“Rodri gets better, but he has had a big injury in the last match against Al-Hilal and the last five or six weeks,” said Guardiola. “He trains now and in the past two or three days is better. Hopefully the international break might be when it will be really fit.
“Hopefully he can play in the games for a few minutes, but the most important thing is not to be in pain because we don't want him to come back and get injured. We will desperately try to avoid that, but he has trained [in] The last two or three days with us and that is good. “
What makes things worse for the city is that there is now some uncertainty about the future of Rodri. The 29-year-old midfielder is under contract with City until June 2027 and is approaching the time when he has to sign or leave a new deal.
The Spanish newspaper has moved the pot so much by reporting that Rodri did not decide what he wants to do after he has been informed of Real Madrid's interest. The balloon d'Or winner is reportedly not in a hurry to make a decision, which might worry.
City is ready to offer Rodri a two -year contract extension so that he would come close to the top of the club, next to Erling Haaland. The report states that there are now alarm bells that ring in City, which really consider a real threat.
The Spanish giants want to sign a new central midfielder and consider Madrid-Rodri as a perfect addition to the side of Xabi Alonso. They are ready to wait in the hope that Rodri will expire his deal and forces an exit for a lower price. Rodri used to play for Real's Rivals Atletico Madrid, but that doesn't seem to be a barrier for a movement to Alonso's side.
City starts their Premier League campaign against Wolves on August 16 and has other injuries in the form of Phil Foden and Mateo Kovacic, who were both omitted from the traveling team for the friendly Saturday against Palermo in Sicily.
Asked if they could make the Wolves game, Guardiola said: “Ninety minutes before Rodri, I don't think so. Phil, hopefully it depends on the problem, but it is hopefully a long week, but Kova [is] injured until September or October. Hopefully [he will be back] Rather. “